Press kit - The Cost of Late Cybersecurity Engagement in MedTech

Press kit: The Cost of Late Cybersecurity Engagement in MedTech

Quantifying submission delay, deficiency rate, and remediation cost for teams that engage cybersecurity early vs. late.

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Quote-ready findings

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Deficiency rate by engagement-timing tier

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Share of submissions receiving a cybersecurity deficiency, by tier.

Pending data extract - chart will render once the analyst team and legal review approve the underlying numbers.

Source: Blue Goat Cyber engagement dataset, 2022-2025. · Unit: % of submissions

Time to clearance by engagement-timing tier

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Median days from submission filing to FDA clearance, by tier.

Pending data extract - chart will render once the analyst team and legal review approve the underlying numbers.

Source: Blue Goat Cyber engagement dataset, 2022-2025. · Unit: days (median)

Remediation effort by engagement-timing tier

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Median engineering hours required to close cybersecurity deficiencies, by tier.

Pending data extract - chart will render once the analyst team and legal review approve the underlying numbers.

Source: Blue Goat Cyber engagement dataset, 2022-2025. · Unit: hours (median)

Deficiency count vs. weeks-before-filing engagement started

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Per-engagement scatter of deficiency count against engagement start time.

Pending data extract - chart will render once the analyst team and legal review approve the underlying numbers.

Source: Blue Goat Cyber engagement dataset, 2022-2025. · Unit: deficiencies

Submission outcome distribution by tier

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Share of submissions clearing on first review, after one round of deficiencies, or later.

Pending data extract - chart will render once the analyst team and legal review approve the underlying numbers.

Source: Blue Goat Cyber engagement dataset, 2022-2025. · Unit: % of submissions

Citation

Blue Goat Cyber. (2026). The Cost of Late Cybersecurity Engagement in MedTech. https://bluegoatcyber.com/research/cost-of-late-cybersecurity-engagement-2026

Canonical report URL: https://bluegoatcyber.com/research/cost-of-late-cybersecurity-engagement-2026

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